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Subject:Re: Developing 150-page docs in MS Word XP From:Maritza van den Heuvel <MaritzaV -at- stt-global -dot- com> To:" (TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM)" <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:00:54 +0200
Master Docs are still unstable and a major schlep to work with. I
investigated them in Office XP, thinking to turn all our business and system
specifications into one/more master docs. No go. My experience showed me
that Word kept on hanging on even smallish master docs (50 - 100 pages).
That's one road I'm not going down again soon!
-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Keevil [mailto:bkeevil -at- SYMPATICO -dot- CA]
Sent: 18 February 2004 07:34
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Developing 150-page docs in MS Word XP
Does anyone have any experience using the Master Document and Sub-Document
feature in Word XP (2002) Professional with 150-page documents? Does it
work? Do you need to use Master Docs or would an ordinary single Word doc
work?
Also, what is the best method to import (embed) Excel spreadsheets into Word
and keep the Word file small? Assuming that you do not need to link or
update the Excel data.
The 150-page document includes 100 pages of text and 50 pages of Excel
spreadsheets that need to be embeded into the Word doc.
From my experience with previous Word versions and after checking the
techwr-l Archives, Master Docs were unstable and just did not work properly.
